Variety 13-BH-1: Heath Counterfeit Detectors varied from edition to edition, and noted Numismatist Eric P. Newman, whose collection this particular Counterfeit Detector is from, developed a classification system to compare and describe their variety. This particular variety is described as follows: Thirteenth Edition on typeset title page and in Introduction; Banking House size; 1877 copyright date; UNITED STATES TREASURY NATIONAL BANK NOTE DETECTOR on cover in 5 lines of gold letters; Casilear “Hints” included; 41 pages of text plus 8 pages of advertising and recommendations; 11 plates of U.S. Notes and National Bank Notes as in Variety 12-BH-2; 2 pages of microscope illustrations; No printer named; 1879 on typeset title page.

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